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Community Impact Fund - Programme Management Office

Upcoming United Kingdom IT services

Buyer North East Combined Authority

33 days left

Key facts

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Estimated value
€803,355
converted from GBP
Procedure
Open procedure
  1. Published
  2. Deadline open for 32 days
  3. Awarded pending

Bidding window

32 days from publication to deadline

Usual length

Notices of this kind (United Kingdom, open procedure, above the EU threshold) give a median of 30 days, half of them between 26 and 36 days, based on 1,768 notices of the last two years.

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The North East Mayoral Strategic Authority seeks a Programme Management Office Partner to manage and coordinate the £12 million North East Community Impact Fund, linked to anticipated future investment through the Government's Better Futures Fund. The fund improves outcomes for children and families experiencing poverty by strengthening the VCSE sector and enabling preventative, outcomes-based service delivery. The partner provides central programme management, governance and reporting, financial and contract management, performance management of commissioned delivery partners against outcomes and milestones, and risk and dependency management. The role also supports Social Outcomes Partnerships, coordinating delivery partners, investors, commissioners and outcomes payers, including effective leveraging of the Better Futures Fund element.

Description

The North East Mayoral Strategic Authority is seeking to appoint a Programme Management Office (PMO) Partner to support the management and coordination of the £12 million North East Community Impact Fund (CIF), which links to anticipated future investment through the Government’s Better Futures Fund. CIF aims to improve outcomes for children and families experiencing poverty by strengthening the capacity, capability and sustainability of the VCSE sector and enabling more preventative and outcomes-based approaches to service delivery. The PMO Partner will provide the central programme management and coordination function for CIF, supporting effective delivery across the programme. This will include supporting programme governance and reporting, financial and contract management, performance management of commissioned delivery partners against agreed outcomes and milestones, and management of programme-level risks and dependencies. The PMO Partner will also support the development and management of Social Outcomes Partnerships, coordinating relationships between delivery partners, investors, commissioners and outcomes payers. This will include ensuring the Better Futures Fund element is leveraged effectively as part of the CIF programme.

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    Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.

  2. Your call:

    Can we deliver this with the team we have?

    Estimated at €803,355.

  3. Your call:

    Do we have two comparable references?

    Comparable work is in IT services.

  4. In your favour:

    Is the deadline realistic for a proper offer?

    33 days left.

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    The buyer has 39 notices in the register and no pattern of winners yet.

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  • Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
  • Documents in English.

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North East Combined Authority

United Kingdom

notices in the register
39
awards
29

Who wins its contracts

Many suppliers
different companies won its awards
13
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
23%

Based on 13 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.

This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, IT services - United Kingdom

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Insight Direct (UK) Ltd 22 €4.4M Sep 2026

Based on 1146 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.

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different companies won awards here
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of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
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buyers awarded contracts here
363

Based on 1,139 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

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